Phytoplankton diet of Arctodiaptomus salinus (Copepoda, Calanoida) in Lake Shira (Khakasia)
Tolomeyev, A.P. (2002). Phytoplankton diet of Arctodiaptomus salinus (Copepoda, Calanoida) in Lake Shira (Khakasia). Aquat. Ecol. 36(2): 229-234
In: Aquatic Ecology. Springer: Dordrecht; London; Boston. ISSN 1386-2588; e-ISSN 1573-5125, meer
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Aquatic communities > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Food preferences
PNE, Russia, Siberia
Arctodiaptomus salinus (Daday, 1885) [WoRMS]
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| Abstract |
A flow-through method was employed to study the algal part of the diet spectrum of the calanoid Arctodiaptomus salinus in the surface layer of the lake and in the phytoplankton biomass maximum zone (10 m deep). Daily consumption rates of this calanoid differed markedly in these layers, being 1 and 11 μg ind -1 d-1, respectively. The cyanobacterial taxa, Lyngbya contorta and Microcystis sp., accounted for more than a half of the ration. Nevertheless, the negative Ivlev electivity coefficient indicated that Arctodiaptomus prefers none of these two taxa. The low measured uptakes suggest that the energy expenditure is compensated by other resources, presumably microzooplankton and detritus. |
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